[Tang-residents] Fwd: Fire Alarm Follow up

[Michael Collins]

Hi,
I have received a couple of emails' from residents who had voiced their 
opinion on the statement Cambridge Fire will conduct repeat drills at 2AM.
This statement was made by the Cambridge fire chief. Upon conducting a fire 
drill in another building the chief observed several people staying in 
their dorm and not evacuating

>Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:22:27 -0500
>To: tang-residents at mit.edu,
>From: Michael Collins <collinsm at mit.edu>
>Subject: Fire Alarm
>Cc: landerso at MIT.EDU, da.anderson at neu.edu, colquitt at MIT.EDU
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>NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS
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>>>The City of Cambridge has changed the requirements for emergency drills 
>>>for the entire city.     Effective immediately, all buildings on campus 
>>>will be required to have an unannounced drill, coordinated and 
>>>facilitated by the Cambridge Fire Department twice per year.     They 
>>>will schedule the drills at random times of the day or night at their 
>>>discretion.     The fire codes for the State of Massachusetts gives full 
>>>authority  to local fire departments to make these changes in procedure.
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>>>The Fire Department will be present at all drills and will be monitoring 
>>>the evacuation procedure in each building.    The Fire Department will 
>>>also randomly  test residents during the evacuation by blocking a main 
>>>egress to assess how the building occupants respond.      This test is 
>>>to show what would happen if a fire blocked an egress route.
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>>>Massachusetts state law and the MIT Fire safety policy requires all 
>>>residents to leave a building whenever the alarm sounds.   The fire 
>>>department will be closely monitoring the evacuations to ensure everyone 
>>>responds accordingly.   If residents blatantly ignore alarms,  Cambridge 
>>>Fire will conduct repeat drills at 2AM.
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>>>    Thank you all for your continued attention to the MIT safety procedures.